Metal surface-my first try-a Heinkel He 162

[Baron]

Hi folks!

here my first try to produce a metal surface. This time a He 162. Please note that the plane was made of aluminium. That's normally flat and not as glossy as other metal surfaces.

Please let me know what you think about that.



Cheers, Simon

[BLOWHARD]

Pretty nice Simon!
Looks like you might need more putty though, they really put that stuff on heavy.
This is a pretty good picture, notice the all the variations-


Good insight into the metal work, even though it's a restoration-

[Wlad-FR]

Hi Baron, I must say that it's very, very good !! Metal effects are absolutly nigthmare for me...From this morning, I'm working on a Mig15 to test some metal effect. This is my first test..And I'm not really enjoys with this first profil step..If you have any advice forme for me...
But great job for your He 162 !!! I look forward !
Wlad

[Baron]

Hi Blowhard!

Thank you for the pictures. I of course know these pictures. My profile bases on the He 162 A-2, W.Nr. 120231 built in the Heinkel Rostock-Marienehe plant.
Your bw photograph shows the underground plant by Junkers. They built W.Nr. series 310XXX. Putty is always a little bit different.

Cheers, and thank you again

[gamary]

I'd suggest you add a little environment reflection: some very light blue on the upper fuselage (sky reflection) and some very light brown/green on the lower fuselage (ground).

@Wlad: your first attempt isn't too bad. It's quite difficult at first. Get rid of the blue on the fin, though: it shouldn't be there IMO.

[GiantFlyingRobots]

Imho, I think (or maybe found) the trick to getting a good representative NMF is to keep environmental reflections like horizon lines and reflected sky to a subtle minimum. Looking at period images, and Ive looked at lots NMF images (predominantly WW11 types admittedly) recently these reflections just don't seem to exist in reality, the only exceptions I can think of is in examples that are highly polished and possible sitting on the ground.

[Ironpriest]

Nice profiles so far mate.
What is this mysterious putty for? Is it some kind of potty German hyper aerodynamical speed putty? If it is i might just slop some on my BAe-146 ... cause it doesn't look airworthy to me

[AGNT_Matt]

the putty was to smooth the external surface eg. panel seams and rivets, this was to improve aerodynamics and reduce drag.

[Baron]

Hi folks!

Thank you for the imput! I think I found my final result.



Cheers, Simon

[AGNT_Matt]

looks good, maybe a touch more air in the rear tyre needed?